Descent Collection (page 2)

Piccards Feat - recovery on landing
Aftermath of the ascent by Professor Picard of Brussels University on August 18 1932, by balloon to around 10 1/2 miles, the greatest height achieved by a man at that point

Workers descending, diamond mine, Kimberley
How the workers go down to the open diamond mine at Kimberley, South Africa. circa 1900

MS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE "At a terific height directly above us
MS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE " At a terific height directly above us, & upon the very verge of the precipitous descent, hovered a gigantic ship". Date: First published: 1833

The Chapter House Doorway, Wells Cathedral, Somerset. Date: circa 1920s

Meyerbeer, Giacomo 1791-1864
Giacomo Meyerbeer. German opera composer of Jewish descent. Despised by Richard Wagner. Date: 1791-1864

CHARLES DARWIN CARTOON
CHARLES DARWIN The advent of mankind is celebrated by a congregation of apes, who hold a lamp to Darwins book The Descent of Man (1871). Date: 1809 - 1882

APES, MONKEYS & BABY APES, MONKEYS & BABY
The advent of the first human baby is celebrated by an admiring congregation of apes, who are holding a lamp to Darwins book The Descent of Man (1871)

Evolution - Baby - Monkeys
The advent of the first human baby is celebrated by an admiring congregation of apes, who are holding a lamp to Darwins book The Descent of Man (1871)

Aichi 99 D3A Val
An Aichi 99 D3A Val Dive Bomber Flying over Snow Covered Fields Date: 1940s

Turkey. Istanbul. Chora Church. Parecclesion
Fresco in the Parecclesion depicting the Anastasis. Christ pulling Adam and Eve out their tombs. Entoured by the righteous kings and Saint John the Baptist, David and Solomon. 14th century

Fountain Perseia. Mycenae
Mycenae. Fountain Perseia, underground cistern used for water supply. Built as a tunnel of 104 steps leading to a small pool. It was rebuilt in hellenistic period. Mycenae. Argo?lide province

Crinoline Parachute
A Crinoline Parachute. Date: 1802

William Newell, using a Calthrop Guardian Angel parachute
On 9 May 1914 William Newell, using a Calthrop Guardian Angel parachute, used the Grahame-White Type 10 Charabanc - also known as the Aerobus - to undertake the first parachute descent in Britain

RMS Titanic - birthday card, Fred Pennal to wife Maud
RMS Titanic - Fred Pennal, first class bathroom steward, handwritten birthday card to his wife Maud My Darling wife - Your Loving husband Fred xxx

Catalina, California, USA - Everett Adargo, deep sea diver
Catalina, California, USA - Everett Bernard Adargo (1891-1971), deep sea diver, who set a record of descending to 56ft in 3 minutes, 15 seconds

Liber Horaraum. Initial decorated with Ascension of Jesus an
Gothic. Liber Horaraum. Initial decorated with Ascension of Jesus and Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles (Pentecost). Fol. 2. Printed surely in Lyon or Paris

Mr. Cockings Parachute
Poster for The Casket July 29 1837 advertising A History of Parachutes recording a full description of Mr. Cockings Parachute, and of its Ascent, and all the Particulars of its Disastrous Descent

Syrian Turks - Aleppo, Syria
Syrian Turks (Turks in Syria, Syrian Turkoman or Syrian Turkmen) - Syrian citizens of Turkish descent, living in the Syrian provinces of the Ottoman Empire before its dissolution

Balloon descent at Gonesse, France
The first trial hydrogen balloon which ascended from the Champ de Mars, and descended in the village of Gonesse, north east of Paris

Her Shadows by Pierrot
A couple stand together at the top of the snowy slope. Date: 1928

Mexican officers visit paratroop display
Photograph: Mexican officers visit paratroop display. Major General Gustav Salinas commander of the Mexican Air Force and Captain Radames Gaxiela paid a visit to an airfield in the Eastern Command to

The Descent of the Holy Ghost - Acts 2. circa 1688

Spain. Aragon. Tarazona. Altarpiece of chapel of the Purificacion, 1493. Nuestra senora de la Huerta Cathedral. Pentecost. Descent of the Holy Spirit

The passage of romance
The Passage of Romance! - Before, During (" Yum Yum" ) and After. The passage from the carefree chase, the early spring of passion and the descent into household drudgery and daily ennui

Entrance to an Anthracite Coal Mine
No.2 Slope - Entrance to an Anthracite Coal Mine, Pennsylvania, USA - the miners are shown on a gun boat, descending by an inclined slope into the mine. Date: circa 1910s

Pentecost. Miniature of choirbook. 15th-16th century. Arxive of Osma-Burgos. Castile and Leon. Spain

Triptych with Descent of the Holy Spirit. 16th century. Disc
Disciples of Lucas van Leyden (1494-1533). Triptych with Descent of the Holy Spirit. 16th century. Catharijneconvent Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands

Descent of the Holy Spirit. Haarlem?. Late 15th century. Anonymous. Catharijneconvent Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands

Spain. Navarre. Ujue. Church of Ujue. The wooden choir. Deta
Spain. Navarre. Ujue. Church of Ujue. Wood panelling in the choir. Marian Relief. Pentecost. Rococo style

John Adolphus, Historian
JOHN ADOLPHUS English historian of German descent. Date: 1768 - 1845

Paul Muni / Warner Bros
PAUL MUNI (Muni Weisenfreund) American actor of stage and screen, of mid-European descent Date: 1896 - 1967

PARACHUTE
JACQUES GARNERIN makes a descent over central London, landing near St Pancras Date: 21 September 1802

Zelie de Lussan - American opera singer of French descent
Zelie de Lussan (1861-1949), American opera singer (mezzo-soprano and soprano) of French descent, her most famous role was the title role in Bizets " Carmen", which she performed 2

Descent by parachute of Jacques Garnerin from a balloon.. Experimental descent by parachute from a balloon by the Jacques Garnerin, October 1797

Descent of Jean-Pierre Blanchards hydrogen balloon, 1784.. Descent of Jean-Pierre Blanchards hydrogen balloon, 2 March 1784, near Paris. Balloon with parachute and flapping wings

Descent of Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon.. Descent of Jean-Pierre Blanchards balloon at Billancourt, 2 March 1784. Blanchard added flapping wings to his balloon in an attempt to drive it

ANGELICO, Fra (1387-1455). Descent from the Cross. 1440-1441. ITALY. Florence. St. Marks Convent. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Fresco

CAVARO, Pietro. Descent
CAVARO, Pietro (?-1538). Descent. beg. 16th c. Detail. Renaissance art. Oil. ITALY. SARDINIA. Cagliari. National Picture Gallery

Eventide, Professor Hubert von Herkomer
Slide showing a painting by British artist of German descent Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914) called Eventide: A Scene in the Westminster Union (workhouse), 1878. Part of Box 366 Date: circa 1900

Zeppelin in flames as seen through telescope from Southfields, September 3rd 1916. Signed Walter Hunt.This relates to the Zeppelin raid on the night 2nd/3rd September 1916

RFA men with parachute equipment, France, WW1
Men of the RFA (Royal Field Artillery) with parachute equipment on the Western Front in France during World War One. They are responsible for air observation using kite balloons

Russian officers of Scots descent, WW1
Three Russian officers of Scots descent on horseback in the early stages of the First World War. On the far right, Colonel Gillivray, next to him is Colonel Robertson

Balloon built at Versailles
A balloon built at Versailles, France, and put on display there on a platform. It was 60 feet high and 40 feet in diameter, in blue and gold material

Garnerins descent by parachute
Newspaper report with colour illustrations of Garnerins descent by parachute, London. Date: 21 September 1802

Leopoldo O donnell
LEOPOLDO O DONNELL CONDE DE LUCENA Spanish soldier and statesman of Irish descent. Date: 1809 - 1867

Joris-Karl Huysman
JORIS-KARL HUYSMANS (orig. Georges-Charles) French writer of Dutch descent, author of La-bas, A rebours and much more, dabbling in occultism and converting to Catholicism. Date: 1848 - 1907

Mr W Newell preparing for a parachute descent
Mr W. Newell preparing for a parachute descent from the Grahame-White Type 10 Charabanc or Aero-bus on 9 May 1914. At 5, 000ft Mr Newell jumped from the skid

Andre-Jacques Garnerins descent
Andre

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